Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

2323 E 63rd St, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1497795892

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 17, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$28.39 with Cigna vs $74.17 with BCBS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Cigna SureFit/LocalPlus $28.39
Cigna LocalKC $34.22
HealthyBlue MGMCD $37.69
Amerigroup MGMCD $38.43
Unicare MGMCD $38.43
Cigna Comm $42.59
Home State Health Plan MCD $44.71
Humana PPO $51.87
Humana EPO $51.87
Humana HMO $51.87
Humana POS $51.87
Humana ASO $51.87
United MOMGMCD $53.58
Multiplan WCOMPMissouri $59.18
CorVel Corporation KSWC $70.27
Multiplan WCOMPKansas $72.12
OHA Network KansasWCOMP $73.23
BCBS Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) $74.17
BCBS BlueAccess $74.17
BCBS Blue-Care(HMO) $74.17

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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other Missouri hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER Kansas City $863.58 $23.02 – $74.17
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis $116.05 $24.67 – $131.56
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton $116.05 $24.67 – $131.56
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital Saint Louis $30.25 $24.67 – $88.58
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville $116.05 $24.67 – $131.56
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles $116.05 $24.67 – $131.56
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights $116.05 $24.67 – $131.56
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City Jefferson City $120.45 $22.20 – $52.15

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